A MEDIUM
provides evidence of survival of the human personality beyond
the physical state we call death. S/he is the link
between the two worlds communicating with people who have
died through mind-to-mind contact.
Mediumship is the ability to communicate with people you know in the afterlife. Its objective
is to prove survival of the human personality after death and to help the
bereaved come to terms with their loss. Mediumistic sittings are not for fortune
telling but are experimental sessions to provide evidence of survival. Any
attempt to communicate with Spirit is, by its very nature, purely experimental
and therefore, results can never be guaranteed.
Mediumship takes
two forms:
Physical
Mediumship: Physical
phenomena is of such a nature that it is usually demonstrated only at private
seances. Any person sitting with the medium can hear or see what is happening.
By means of raps, audible voices or materialised figures the spirit people
convey intimate information about themselves, their recollection of their
earthly lives and details of their lives in the spirit world.
Mental
Mediumship: Mental
phenomena is demonstrated through the mind of a medium. Mediums identify three
forms of mental mediumship:
1. CLARVOYANCE the medium
sees the spirit
2. CLAIRAUDIENCE the medium hears the spirit
3. CLAIRSENTIENCE the medium senses the presence and the thoughts of the spirit.
Example demonstration of mediumship with Craig Hamilton-Parker
How Mental Mediumship Works
Mental phenomena is the
type most often demonstrated in public. The medium can
firstly produce enough information to satisfy the enquirer
that their family member, friend or loved one still survives
and can give an accurate physical description of themselves,
their work, what illness they died of etc.
Once the identity
of the spirit person is apparent and accepted, further evidence
can be given about shared and past memories to current events
in the sitter's life. Further information about hobbies
and idiosyncrasies can establish the personality of the
communicator. A medium must
always act in a responsible and dignified manner and should
adhere to a code of conduct. The medium should also be aware
of legal, moral and ethical standards in this important
work. Mediums who work within the Spiritualist religion are sometimes called SPIRITUALIST MEDIUMS.
Trance mediumship is a form of mental mediumship in which the medium is overshadowed
by the spirit communicator and allowed to speak directly through the medium.
Psychic insight:
Seership: The spirit world cannot
predict the future as this is subject to your own free will. However, because
the spirit people are unburdened by physical minds and material influences,
they can sometimes take a much broader and long-sighted view of the likely
outcome of our actions. Then, of course, they will try to make us aware of
these likely situations before they arise. Also psychics may be able to give guidance by using Extrasensory
Perception (ESP). For example, Jane and I are aware of the aura,
which is a spiritual light around the body,and be able to intuitively sense
what's going on in the sitter's life. Also we are telepathic and may gain
guidance for the future through precognition. For this reason people like us may call ourselves PSYCHIC MEDIUMS because we display the gifts of mediumship and seership.